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Written question asked by Robin Walker (Conservative) on Monday, 15 December 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 December 2014. It was answered by Kris Hopkins (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 December 2014 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Non-domestic Rates: Worcestershire

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was paid in business rates in (a) Worcester and (b) Worcestershire in each of the last five years.

Answer

Details of the amount of non-domestic rates that were collected in (a) Worcester and (b) Worcestershire in each of the last 5 years are shown in the table below. The data are the amount that was collected in the year, irrespective of the year to which it relates before the deduction of any allowances for the cost of collection or losses in collection.

The data for Worcestershire is made up from the data for Bromsgrove, Malvern Hills, Redditch, Wychavon, Wyre Forest and Worcester.

Worcester

£million

Worcestershire

£million

2009-10

35.0

163.8

2010-11

35.7

165.8

2011-12

37.6

176.0

2012-13

39.2

179.5

2013-14

40.1

182.3

Data were collected on auditor certified national non-domestic rates (NNDR3) outturn forms completed annually by all billing authorities in England.

These figures will reflect changes to the overall size and valuation of hereditaments, new buildings and the change in the multiplier, as well as changes to different types of rate relief.

These data are available on the gov.uk website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/national-non-domestic-rates-local-authority-level-data

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
218749
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Business rates Worcestershire
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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